Best studio headphones 2021: 11 of the very best headphones for music production
We’ve tested and reviewed the best studio headphones for producers and musicians, with options from Sennheiser, Focal, Sony, Audio-Technica and more
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Latest DJ news
Did you know your music could make more money in a three-hour session on Twitch, than from one million streams?
Take a leaf out of the gaming industry's book
Underplayed director Stacey Lee on the lack of women in electronic music: “When I saw the stats, I was horrified”
"It is going to take over 100 years to close the gender gap.”
The best closed-back headphones 2021: 10 studio-friendly options for music makers
Our pick of the best closed-back headphones for making music
Finally, someone’s built a set of working vinyl DJ decks out of Lego
Look Mum No Computer has achieved the seemingly quite difficult
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Octo Octa and Eris Drew: "The future of music is manifesting in bedrooms all over the world"
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The finest DJs, producers and musicians of 2020
The 9 best new drum machines and samplers of 2020
This year's hardware beat machines, ranked by you
Latest DJ tuition
How to recreate DJ Premier's sample slicing and sequencing style
Learn to create golden era hip-hop riffs by triggering slices from samples from your MIDI controller
7 essential transition techniques explained
Merge seamlessly from section to section of a track with these key techniques
Anatomy of a hit: Chemical Brothers - Go
This recent cut from the Chems strikes the perfect blend of EDM stylings and mainstream song arrangement
Chromatic show you how to create a synthesized DnB hoover stab
Vacuum-packed sound design action abounds as this colourful pair show us how to put together a hoover stab
Keeno shows you how to create an emotional orchestral DnB sequence
Set emotions to stunned as the Med School protege programs a lush orchestral DnB passage
How to build a one-knob DJ filter Rack in Ableton Live
Use one of Live's most powerful features to take control of your on-stage processing
Latest DJ reviews
Pioneer DJ CDJ-3000 review
- £2169
- €2399
- $2299
With the competition for DJs’ hearts and wallets hotting up, can the CDJ-3000 keep Pioneer ahead of the game?
Allen & Heath ZED Mixers review
- £95
- €129
- $179
They're portable, affordable and offer low-noise performance, and for value they might just be unbeatable...
Studiologic SL Mixface review
- £219
- €248
- $399
Hooking up the latest offering from controller kings Studiologic
Mackie Big Knob Studio+ review
- £300
- €275
- $299
A long overdue update to a classic design
Stereoping Synth Controller review
- £190
The second generation of Roli’s entry-level Lightpad Block brings hardware tweaks and more software
